Set of four exhibition catalogues for the yearly show "Art in Process" at Finch College Museum of Art, Contemporary Study Wing, New York, New York. Each show was organized and curated by Elayne Varian. ... [details]
Issue no. 10/12 of Das Kunstwerk covering the New York art scene, with snapshots of the New York contemporary art and gallery scene in the mid-60s featuring photos of artists at work in their studios and work on display. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show of the personal art collection of Juliana Force held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, September 24 - October 30, 1949. Text by Juliana Force, Herman More, Lloyd Goodrich, John Sloan, Guy Pène du Bois, Alexander Brook, Forbes Watson. ... [details]
Flyer / handbill for two gigs by The English, Subhumans, Youth Brigade, MIA, Doctor Know, and Iconoclast, held at Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA, Saturday, April 28th, [1984] ; and Black Flag with Meat Puppets and Nig Heist held at Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA, Saturday, May 5, [1984]. ... [details]
Vinyl Record produced as part of the "Dial-A-Poem Poets" album series. Artists include William S. Burroughs, Hüsker Dü, Cabaret Voltaire, David Johansen, John Giorno Band, Diamanda Galás, Coil, Michael Gira, Sonic Youth, David van Tieghem, Jessica Hagedorn, and The Gangster Choir. ... [details]
Reference book for the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Collection. Contributions by Sarah D. Benson, Franklin W. Robinson, Anthony H. Sarmiento, Faith Short, Steven Ames, Warren Bunn, Robert G. Calkins, Nancy E. ... [details]
Critical theory by Andrew Graham-Dixon. "... Graham-Dixon argues decisively against the preconception that the British are not a visual people. Starting with a revelatory account of the almost unknown masterpieces of the Catholic Middle Ages, [Dixon] celebrates the beauty and the brilliance of Britain's artistic heritage - from Thomas Gainsborough to Damien Hirst, William Hogarth to David Hockney, John Constable to Henry Moore. ... [details]
Anthology of critical essays by André Breton. Artists, philosophers, and other figures mentioned in the text include André Breton, Corneille Agrippa, Guillaume Apollinaire, Apulee, Louis Aragon, Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Gaston Bachelard, Honoré de Balzac, Hans Bellmer, Bleuler, Umberto Boccioni, Jérôme Bosch, Constantin Brancusi, Georges Braque, Victor Brauner, Bettina Brentano, Jean-Paul Brisset, Charles de Brosses, Robert Browning, Giordano Bruno, Alexander Calder, Leonora Carrington, Blaise Cendrars, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Giorgio de Chirico, Cimabue, Joseph Cornell, Piero di Cosimo, Georges Courteline, Charles Cros, Salvador Dali, Paul Delvaux, André Derain, Denis Diderot, Oscar Dominquez, Enrico Donati, Isidore Ducasse, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Eckhardt, Albert Einstein, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Serge Essenine, Joachim de Flore, Théodore Flournoy, Jean Fouquet, Charles Fourier, Esteban Frances, James George Frazer, Sigmund Freud, von der Gabelentz, Alberto Giacometti, Giotto, Goethe, Arshile Gorky, Mathias Grunewald, Gutenberg, David Hare, S. ... [details]
"How can an art exhibition function as a stand-in for the artists and their studios? How can a gallery project provide greater insight into an artist's practice, the way the formality of a slide lecture or the intimacy of a studio visit can? How can the back-story of the work on display be understood, without being solely reliant on a curatorial statement, catalogue essay or press release? This exhibition allows art to be understood as an ongoing and slippery practice, and less the finite, linear and object-oriented one assumed by the standard exhibition format. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Glamour Wounds: Rhonda Lieberman on Fashion Week in New York," by Rhonda Lieberman; "Fashion: Richard Martin on the Menswear Closet," by Richard Martin; "Music: Simon Reynolds on Charles Long and Sterolab," by Simon Reynolds; "Weather Report: Andrew Ross on the Rap Channel," by Andrew Ross; "Television: Mark Van de Walle on 'The X-Files,'" by Mark Van de Walle; "Curator Interview," Robert Fleck talks with Hans Ulrich-Obrist; "Letter from Helsinki," by Timo Valjakka; "Books: Whitney Davis Reviews Klaus Theweleit's 'Object-choice: All You Need is Love," by Whitney Davis; "Travels in Hypertrophia: A Project for Artforum," Thyrza Nichols Goodeve talks with Matthew Barney; "Critical Reflections," Herbert Muschamp with an introduction by Frank Gehry; "Babes in the Hood," Paul Schrader talks with Larry Clark; "O Jackie," Bruce Hainley talks with Wayne Koestenbaum; "Paul Outerbridge, Jr. ... [details]